30 Days of Health & Happiness... Day 8

Hello hello!  I hope you guys had an awesome weekend. The weather was gorgeous! For the most part, today has been rainy and humid. Well, if any day is going to be a crappy weather day, might as well make it a Monday!

I started my day with a deeelicious smoothie! In the vitamix went coconut milk, mango, pineapple and spinach. Ah, probably the healthiest and greenest piña colada you will ever have :-)

An hour or so later I had a small handful of nuts. 

When lunch time came along I had two slices of cashew bread topped with turkey breast. Carrots and tomatoes on the side. 

I pretty much stayed full after this. Later on the afternoon I had another small handful of nuts. I knew I would be having a late dinner since tonight is CKO Kickboxing night. The mixed nuts will hold me over till dinner. 

After I finished my kickboxing class I went home and warmed up some meatloaf and asparagus. I made the meatloaf last night because I knew I would not have enough time to cook this evening. 

Dessert was blended frozen pineapple with coconut milk. 

A wonderful frozen treat to end the day. 

Activity:  I got my activity in by doing an hour of kickboxing. 

Happiness: Working out makes me happy. Sometimes it's so hard to convince myself to workout. Luckily, I have a great friend/workout partner who makes it easy for me :-)

30 Days of Health & Happiness... Day 3

Here we are... day 3! 

Well, you will be happy to know that I changed things up before breakfast. Actually, before breakfast I started my day off with another green smoothie. Same concoction as yesterday. An hour later is when I had breakfast. 

I didn't feel like having my usual puffins with almonds and almond milk. I was going to get a bagel from Pret A Mangier instead. When I walked into Pret I looked around for a bagel when I saw: *NEW*

OMG...I just had to try this! I mean what could be better than a warm brioche roll filled with egg, mushroom and cheese?!?! AND, less than 400 calories?!?! Sign me up!

As you can imagine, breakfast was delicious. 

For lunch I had left overs from last night, but this time I had my burger in a whole wheat bun with spinach on the side.  No pic because I devoured lunch in seconds. 

In between lunch and dinner I had an apple with mixed nuts:

Before my workout and dinner I had a Cliff bar. 

Dinner was on the go. I had Panda Express. I tried to go as healthy as I could by selecting from their low cal wok menu. I loaded up on chicken and broccoli with a side of veggies:

That, my friends, was my food for the day. 

I also had a very schweaty  and intense workout at CKO KICKBOXING. Now, that was an intense hour!

The hubby and I also walked around downtown Jersey City for about an hour after dinner. 

On to Happy Thoughts!

Happiness:  Sleeping with the windows open and waking up to warm sunlight and fresh air! Ah, one of the many things I love now that summer is on the way. 

With that, have a good night!

30 Days of Health & Happiness... Day 2

Hello Peeps!

Today is day 2 of my 30 Days of Health & Happiness challenge!  So far so good.  I started my morning off with a Green Mango Smoothie. If you follow me on twitter..ahem ahem Kanwal81...you saw the following:

 And then...

BAM! The recipe right there. With pics. What more could you want?!? I promise... 

you don't even taste the spinach!

The smoothie was a great way to start the day. 

My breakfast was the same as yesterday. Puffins with almonds and almond milk. I will spare you the picture.

Lunch was left over falafel on a whole wheat bun with a sliced green bell pepper. Delicious.

In between breakfast and dinner I snacked on an apple and some mixed nuts:

As well as pretzels and mixed nuts:

I went back for another serving of pretzels... Ok maybe two servings. Since I felt I had my fair share of pretzels, I opted for a light dinner:

I had a diced chicken burger over mixed greens, carrots, green beans and sliced almonds. Delicious and filling!

I also managed to get my activity in for the day:

A nice long walk. I also walked a mile after dinner. 

As you can see, it was a day filled with healthy eats and some exercise!

Now, let's talk happiness:

I am happy for longer days, warmer weather and sunshine! 

:-)

With that, I say goodnight!